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She said in a statement: 'On the night of December 31, my daughter went out of the house to address nature's call, while she was returning from the field the two police constables Veer Pal and Avanish pushed her in a car and sped to the police station.

'They locked my daughter in a room located in the police station. Later, they raped her and when her condition deteriorated they dumped her on the outskirts of the village at midnight.'

On New Year's day, the girl and her mother went to Musajhag police station to report the incident and lodge a complaint against the constables but claim no one would listen to them.

Badaun, located in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly region, gained notoriety last year after two girls were found hanging from a tree in a village amid reports they had been gang-raped and murdered

It was only after them meeting the city's superintendent of police and the incident receiving some media attention, that the complaint was taken seriously and a search for the officers was launched.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has demanded all efforts now be made to arrest the officers and that serious disciplinary action be taken against them when caught.

Badaun, located in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly region, gained notoriety last year after two girls were found hanging from a tree in a village amid reports they had been gang-raped and murdered.

In November investigators concluded that the girls had committed suicide, however many have disputed this explanation.

India brought in tougher rape laws last year for crimes against women after the fatal gang-rape of a physiotherapy student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012.

India brought in tougher rape laws last year for crimes against women after the fatal gang-rape of a physiotherapy student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012

Last year a woman was raped by up to 13 men in West Bengal as punishment for a relationship with a local man that was not sanctioned by village elders.

In October last year, another teenager in West Bengal was attacked twice, including one assault on her way back from a police station, and eventually murdered.

The number of rapes reported in New Delhi increased by nearly a third in the last year, police said Friday, highlighting the alarming levels of sexual violence against women in the Indian capital.

At an annual briefing with reporters, Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi said that a total of 2,069 rape cases were reported in New Delhi in the 12 months leading up to December 15, against 1,571 reported the previous year, an increase of 31.6 per cent.

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Indian policemen on run after 'abducting girl and gang raping her at police station'